The first of August is a day that will go down in Italian sports history as Lamont Jacobs won the gold medal in the men’s 100 metres only minutes after fellow countryman Gianmarco Tamberi captured gold in the men’s high jump. And Italian national broadcaster RAI was on site in force as more than 240 […] More
It doesn’t get any more traditional than wrestling when it comes to Olympic sports as wrestling was a feature of the ancient Olympic Games in 708 BC, with the sport’s Greco-Roman style included in the first Games of the modern era at Athens 1896. Eight years later, freestyle wrestling was introduced at the St Louis […] More
Baseball was played as a demonstration sport at a number of editions of the Games before being adopted as a medal sport at Barcelona 1992. The sport was contested until Beijing 2008, then removed from the programme. Given the popularity of baseball in Japan, an invitation by the International Olympic Committee for the host country […] More
Every NBC Olympic effort sees massive changes and advances with respect to file-based workflows, editing and more. Toss in UHD, HDR and immersive audio and those advances are even more challenging and, ultimately, impressive. Darryl Jefferson, NBC Olympics VP, broadcast operations and technology, and Jim Miles, NBC Olympics, director, digital workflow systems, discussed the multi-continent, timezone and […] More
When the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games ended in 2018 OBS CTO Sotiris Salamouris and his team laid out a vision for the 2020 Tokyo Games that was ambitious. Not only did they want to transition from SDI to IP, but they also wanted to go all UHD and HDR. It was an ambitious plan and […] More
Through its recent acquisition of MediaCloud, Telstra Broadcast Services (TBS) has announced it has expanded on its investments in the European market with the opening of the former MediaCloud broadcast operations centre (BOC), situated in London’s Docklands. The acquisition of MediaCloud’s business and assets included the London broadcast operations centre previously operated and owned by […] More
Discovery has reported that it has experienced record numbers of fans visiting its digital platforms during the first week of the Tokyo Olympics. During the opening week of the Olympic Games, the desire of fans to personalise their viewing experience by choosing to watch any of their national heroes or favourite sports has seen new […] More
Aviwest was appointed by UEFA to support selected off-venue events, including official team training and press conferences, from UEFA Euro 2020 using a bonded cellular ecosystem. With 51 matches held in 11 host cities across Europe and the ongoing COVID-19 global health crisis, this year’s event was particularly challenging to prepare for and deliver. UEFA […] More
Channel One Russia is delivering 12 hours of live sports content to viewers back home and its production philosophy is unique this year: a production gallery that is integrating commercials and other elements here in Tokyo and then sending a complete show back home. It is also the first Olympic broadcaster to use EVS IPD-VIA More
Karl Malone, NBC Sports and NBC Olympics, director, sound design, says that the 2o2o Olympics is truly the audio Olympics. And while he jokes that he says that every Olympics, it’s hard to argue this time around as next-generation immersive audio, with 5.1.4 (think regular surround sound with four additional channels overhead to give height […] More
